Make Harvester easily serviceable for the diy (oil changes, air filter, and spark plug replacements)

[Badams]

Exactly what the title says make it easy for the diy people to work on and maintain the harvester generator. Would also be nice to see a modern vehicle that I can do most of the general maintenance on without a ton of speciality tools and fancy ob2 scanners. Something as simple as changing brake pads has become a ridiculous job on most of today’s cars. Requiring a scanner to put the car into and out of service mode or knowing how to navigate into the hidden service menu on the screen.

 

[bsddrake]

I really hope they go with that simplest, cheapest, most common gas or diesel 4 cylinder motor possible out of the VW parts bin.

 

[Sockdoc]

I really hope they go with that simplest, cheapest, most common gas or diesel 4 cylinder motor possible out of the VW parts bin.

Nearly all the 4 cylinder vw engines are turbocharged direct injection. At least those manufactured in North America. I think we may be surprised what they choose as it seems there isn’t anything off the shelf, no mods needed engine in North America.

 

[Badams]

Wouldn’t mind a turbo charged engine not a huge fan of direct injection but I guess we’ll have to take what we can get

 

[Badams]

I believe they said in an interview that it wouldn’t be turbo charged but I may be wrong. I think it will probably be the 2.0 even if power half it would still be around 120hp. Which could still run around a 75kw generator.

 

[bsddrake]

I personally would prefer naturally aspirated on a gasser, but to be fair I don't build thousands of these kinds of trucks in my spare time.

What I was picturing/guessing was:
diesel: 2.0 TDI from the 2015+ golf I think they get just under 150HP and people regularly get 300k miles out of them
gas: 2.0 FSI from the Tiguan or a tuned 2.0 from the Jetta. Neither of the gas engines are going to get the reliability of the diesel, but VW and diesel have had a rough time.

 

[Badams]

I’ve been looking at the vw group 4 cylinders produced in the USA. The 1.5 and 2.0 are both built fairly close to the scout plant. So shouldn’t be a problem with imports and both have enough power run a fairly good size generator. Thinking more about it to me it doesn’t make sense to take the turbo off either engine it would require at the least a retune possibly some redesign since both were designed as turbo engines. I don’t think reliability will be an issue either way. These engines have been out for a few years they should have most of the problems worked out. They will have some trouble though their will definitely be some people that never charge the battery and just run the generator. But this all speculation I’m a mechanic not an engineer

 

[Sockdoc]

I’ve been looking at the vw group 4 cylinders produced in the USA. The 1.5 and 2.0 are both built fairly close to the scout plant. So shouldn’t be a problem with imports and both have enough power run a fairly good size generator. Thinking more about it to me it doesn’t make sense to take the turbo off either engine it would require at the least a retune possibly some redesign since both were designed as turbo engines. I don’t think reliability will be an issue either way. These engines have been out for a few years they should have most of the problems worked out. They will have some trouble though their will definitely be some people that never charge the battery and just run the generator. But this all speculation I’m a mechanic not an engineer

Scout has said non turbo in an interview. What factory are you referring to. I am only aware of the engines being manufactured in Mexico (besides Skoda in Europe)

 

[Badams]

I read somewhere that they build engines at the Chattanooga,TN plant and at Huntsville’s,AL. This could be wrong it came from the internet.

 

[Sparatan117]

Scout has already stated that 80% of the vehicle will be serviceable in your driveway.

 

[Derek]

I personally would prefer naturally aspirated on a gasser, but to be fair I don't build thousands of these kinds of trucks in my spare time.

What I was picturing/guessing was:
diesel: 2.0 TDI from the 2015+ golf I think they get just under 150HP and people regularly get 300k miles out of them
gas: 2.0 FSI from the Tiguan or a tuned 2.0 from the Jetta. Neither of the gas engines are going to get the reliability of the diesel, but VW and diesel have had a rough time.

Also, though, it won't need that much durability. I bet the "hours per year" that a Harvester runs is 10% of what a normal gas car would use, so I want to it to be reliable (troublefree operation whenever needed) but duty cycle should be fairly low deman on these. Also, since they are a generator, they'll be running at a constant, optimal load and RPM, which should make any engine last really long.

 

[Badams]

Also, though, it won't need that much durability. I bet the "hours per year" that a Harvester runs is 10% of what a normal gas car would use, so I want to it to be reliable (troublefree operation whenever needed) but duty cycle should be fairly low deman on these. Also, since they are a generator, they'll be running at a constant, optimal load and RPM, which should make any engine last really long.

Yeah the harvester should be fairly low use minus long road trips and towing. I can’t wait to find out more about it.

 

[bsddrake]

Also, though, it won't need that much durability. I bet the "hours per year" that a Harvester runs is 10% of what a normal gas car would use, so I want to it to be reliable (troublefree operation whenever needed) but duty cycle should be fairly low deman on these. Also, since they are a generator, they'll be running at a constant, optimal load and RPM, which should make any engine last really long.

These are all good points. I personally would almost never need the harvester except for road trips, or if the kids are hogging our charger, lol.

 

[bsddrake]

Also, though, it won't need that much durability. I bet the "hours per year" that a Harvester runs is 10% of what a normal gas car would use, so I want to it to be reliable (troublefree operation whenever needed) but duty cycle should be fairly low deman on these. Also, since they are a generator, they'll be running at a constant, optimal load and RPM, which should make any engine last really long.

I think you're probably right on all these points.

 

[bsddrake]

Scout has already stated that 80% of the vehicle will be serviceable in your driveway.

This is good news for hillbillies like myself.

 

[dreamweaver]

This is good news for hillbillies like myself.

That is good news for anyone that loves and takes good care of their vehicles.

 

[Badams]

The harvester has the potential to far out last the battery pack with only regular maintenance. If used only on long drives and when towing.